A companion to the Q-ns ass in a band-box [graphic].

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Title: A companion to the Q-ns ass in a band-box [graphic].
Alternative Title: Companion to the Queens ass in a band-box
Creator: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [May 1821]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by S.W. Fores, corner of Sackville St., Picadilly [sic]
Abstract: "A counterblast to British Museum Satires No. 14110, and an imitation of its manner, in the guise of a companion plate. As in that plate, a zebra with a man's head stands in an oval bandbox, but in profile to the right. The head is (presumably) Lord Conyngham; the creature is grey, scraggy rather than plump as before, and with much longer (ass's) ears. On it sits Lord Francis Conyngham; in place of the Queen's bandbox is a larger box, torn to show that it contains fur, and inscribed 'Lady Eliza[beth's] Muff Box'; this covers the rider from chest to thigh. In his right hand is a rolled document: 'Bishop [of Londo]n's golden rule Kings can do no wrong' [see British Museum Satires No. 14133]. The zebra's neck is encircled by necklaces of jewels; in place of the sieve in British Museum Satires No. 14110, a hand (the King's) from the right margin holds out a plate of jewels close to its voracious mouth. The lid of the bandbox in which it stands is inscribed 'Hertford [lightly scored through] Cunningham' [see British Museum Satires No. 13847]. The box, which is patterned with roses, is full of papers: 'Essays by exalted writers bought by the Pall Mall Booksell[er]'; 'Croker Poetical Slanders'; 'Malicious Anecdotes for John Bull', and a newspaper headed 'John Bull Sunday Mag . . .' Behind (right) is the Cottage with a group of stag, doe, and fawn, and (left) Windsor Castle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attribution to Charles Williams and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher's announcement at bottom of plate: NB. In a few days will be published a companion to the Black Ram by the same author.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 46 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Names of "George IV" and "Ld. Conyngham" written in pencil at bottom of sheet, the former an incorrect identification. Typed extract of eighteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Provenance: Sold by London's Dulau and Company to the New York City bookseller Ernest R. Gee in 1928. Earlier ownership by W.E. Gladstone is suggested by a manuscript note from Dulau formerly laid into the front the first volume (now in the object file), which states that "These came from the Gladstone Library at Court Hey, Broad Green. The manuscript notes written below the caricatures are in the handwriting of W.E. Gladstone." William Reese Company; February 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 29.6 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English